On 7/21/97 10:37 AM Steve Lindblom wrote:

>I think the claim that the O-ring will let go refers mostly to instances of
>fire, in which heat, not overpressure, is the activator. But then, fire
>seems to be the main reason given for having burst disks.
>
>I can only think of three possible scenarios where overpressure protection
>would be desirable: fire, the near-apocryphal hot trunk, and accidental
>overfilling. Of these, fire would seem to be the most likely. Am I missing
>any?

Yeah, you forgot volcanos, nuclear melt-downs, meteorites, lighting 
strikes, pissed-off old lady, fart gas and spontaneous combustion.

   Jim
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